In non-American Olympic play, Australia canned Latvia behind LJ's thirty points. The Latvians can still make the elimination round if they beat Korea this weekend.

The home team beat Mali. China now stands second in group B pool play, behind the USA.

And in a game that would have been an upset twelve years ago, but isn't one now, Russia handled Brazil. The white, blue and red team did it with interior play and a fourth-quarter surge; Adriana Pinto led all scorers, but the Russians had an enormous rebounding edge.

The Brazilians sink to 0-4; Australia and Russia, both undefeated, meet in what ought to be a fine game this Sunday.

Wish you were there? Not skipping work to watch every minute of every game? Lee Michaelson is still there, and reports on Thursday's (not Friday's) games for Full Court.